Nov 13, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, back in May via Glassnote. Now they have announced a new EP, Hansa Session, that was recorded in Berlin's Hansa Studios, the same studio where David Bowie recorded his iconic Berlin trilogy with Brian Eno in the 1970s (Low, "Heroes", Lodger), as well as where albums by U2, Depeche Mode, Iggy Pop, and others were recorded. More
Nov 13, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Helado Negro (Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange) has announced a new album, This Is How You Smile, and shared its first single, "Please Won't Please." He's also announced some tour dates, including some opening for Beirut. More
Nov 13, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Los Angeles duo Girlpool (Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad) have announced a new album, What Chaos Is Imaginary, and shared a new single from it, "Hire." What Chaos Is Imaginary is due out February 1, 2019 via ANTI-. More
Nov 12, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Swedish sister alt-country/folk duo First Aid Kit (Klara and Johanna Söderberg) released a new album, Ruins, back in January, and the Tender Offerings EP in September, both via Columbia. Last Thursday they played Leeds, England with The Staves, a British trio featuring sisters Jessica, Camilla, and Emily Staveley-Taylor. More
Nov 12, 2018
By Mark Redfern
Stan Lee has died. He was 95. He is arguably the best known comic book writer of all time and co-created with various artists and writers many of Marvel Comics' most iconic characters, including Spider-Man, X-Men, Black Panther, Iron Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and more. More
Nov 12, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The first teaser trailer for the much-anticipated Toy Story 4 has been shared. It features many of our favorite characters, including Tom Hanks' Woody, seemingly jumping in midair all holding hands. Then a new character is introduced, Forky, who is voiced by Tony Hale (Veep) and is more of a DIY toy creation who doesn't feel like he belongs. More
Nov 12, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox of Animal Collective) is releasing a new album, Buoys, on February 8, 2019 via Domino. It was announced last week. Previously he shared its first single, "Dolphin" (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now Panda Bear has announced some U.S. tour dates for 2019 and shared a trailer for Buoys that features snippets of more songs from the album. More
Nov 12, 2018
By Helena Deland
Vision Quest is our recurring series where an artist writes about one of their music videos, from the concept to the execution. For this edition Montréal's Helena Deland writes about her video for "Claudion." More
Nov 09, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
There might still be nearly two months left in 2018, but 2019 album announcements have been coming hard and fast of late. The Top 10 of this week's Songs of the Week is packed with first and second singles from albums due out next January or February, although not our #1, that album is due out next week. More
